Delivered as KC-97G 52-2718 in 1954. Converted to a KC-97L Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1976. Left in 1981 and registered as N1175K. Converted to a C-97G with tanking gear removed. Reregistered as N117GA in 1990. To the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation in 1997. Stored at Greybull, WY from 1998. Restored to airworthy condition and flown to Floyd Bennett Field, NY in 2002 and painted as 45-59595, the only Stratofreighter to fly on the Berlin Airlift. Last flight to Reading, PA for the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in 2017.

K25 slide scan. Built 1954 as 52-2718 for USAF, retired to MASDC 1976. Registered N1175K 1981, later operating for Grace Aire Medical Foundation as N117GA. Stored from 1995 to 1998, acquired by Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as N117GA in 1996. Ferried to Floyd Bennett Field, NY for preservation in 2002. Flown to Mid Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA 2017. One of four Strats receiving attention on HP's maintenance apron that day.

Parked with no markings. Delivered to the USAF as 52-2718 in 1954. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1976. To N1175K around 1981 then to Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as N117GA in 1996. To Greybull for restoration in 1998. Last flight to Floyd Bennett Field, NY for preservation in 2002.

Operating for the Grace Aire Medical Foundation at the time. Was withdrawn from use by 1995 and stored at Moses Lake, WA. Returned to the air in 1998 with the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as "Angel of Deliverance" in USAF markings to commemorate the Berlin Airlift.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA. Rear cargo doors and ramps are operational. Marked with fake serial, it is actually ex 52-2718.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA. Carries fake serial, is actually ex 52-2718.

Ex 52-2718. The C-97's close relationship to the B-29 is very evident in this picture

Aircraft arrived on November 5, 2001 on ferry flight from Aberdeen, SD. Painted in colors of YC-97A 45-59595, but is actually 52-2718.